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This book discusses the fundamentals as well as modern approaches of spatial and landscape ecology. It strives to provide a fair idea about this discipline and to help develop a better understanding of the latest advances within this field. Spatial ecology refers to that branch of ecology, which deals with the study of spatial patterns and their relation to ecological occurrences. On the other hand, landscape ecology refers to the study of int...

Landscape ecology is concerned with the interactions between ecological processes and ecosystems. The important studies included in this area are land use, scaling, landscape mosaics, land cover change, land scape pattern analysis, landscape conservation, etc. This book traces the progress of this field and highlights some of its key concepts and applications. It brings forth some of the most innovative theories and elucidates the unexplored a...

Landscape architecture is a multi-disciplinary field comprising urban design and planning, site planning and related topics. Landscape architecture is the creation of outdoor and communal spaces to accomplish environmental, socio-behavioral and aesthetic outcomes. It requires the organized analysis of current social and geological circumstances in the landscape, and the plan of interventions that will generate the required outcome. The scope o...

Effective planning and management is of great significance for sustainable land use. This book brings forth a compilation of the opinions and ideas of renowned experts in the sphere of environmental problems and how it affects land use. Various aspects like the function of governments, community grants, environmental planning and other tools used in the work have been extensively discussed. Various well researched topics from around the world ...

Landscape architecture focuses on designing public spaces for varied purposes. This sort of method requires an inquiry into social, ecological, and geological circumstances and procedures in the landscape, and the design of the mediations that will lead to the desired result. The breadth of this includes urban design, location planning, urban planning, environmental rejuvenation, parks and recreation planning, visual resource management, green...

Landscape architecture focuses on designing public spaces for varied purposes. This sort of method requires an inquiry into social, ecological, and geological circumstances and procedures in the landscape, and the design of the mediations that will lead to the desired result. The breadth of this includes urban design, location planning, urban planning, environmental rejuvenation, parks and recreation planning, visual resource management, green...

Landscape architecture focuses on designing public spaces for varied purposes. This sort of method requires an inquiry into social, ecological, and geological circumstances and procedures in the landscape, and the design of the mediations that will lead to the desired result. The breadth of this includes urban design, location planning, urban planning, environmental rejuvenation, parks and recreation planning, visual resource management, green...

Landscapes are an important part of our ecosystem. They vary from tropical rain forests to deserts, from glaciers to wetlands, etc. This book emphasizes upon the scientific and educational aspects in understanding landscapes around the globe. It focuses upon the consequences of human activities and their impacts on landscapes. It explains various models, techniques and approaches in detail to analyse the human involvement, their perceptions an...

Land is a limited resource and as the world population is rising consistently, judicious use of this resource is of prime importance. Land-use requires changing the already existing natural environmental setting into fields, pastures, buildings, road networks, etc. These activities impact the environment adversely and pose many problems such as soil erosion, salination, soil degradation and desertification. This book includes theories for sust...

This book deals with the field of urban planning and development. It also talks about the architectural advances in relation to the same. Urban planning refers to the process related with optimum utilization of land and other resources available on earth. It is the study of developing the infrastructure, telecommunication, transportation in such a way that it does not harm the environment. This book discusses the fundamentals as well as modern...